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How AvalonBay Communities, Inc. stacks up
VMRK · against 15 other Real Estate companies of similar size
Valuation
19/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #14 of 16 · scores higher than 7% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score3 peers with a valuation score of 10–19, including VMRK · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 19?
Weighted metrics compared with all Real Estate companies.Mainly because of its free cash flow yield, which is weaker than most Real Estate peers.
- less free cash flow for the price paid: weaker than 76% of peers. Free cash flow yield: 2.9% vs peer median 6.5%
- Earnings yield is close to the peer norm. Earnings yield: 1.8% vs peer median 5.3%
- EBITDA yield is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
Metric by metric
Position: dot = VMRK, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | VMRK | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 16 reported | 4.2% | 3.4% | 73% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 15 reported | Not reported | 4.8% | — | — | 50% |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 13 reported | 2.9% | 4.5% | 25% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 15 reported | Not reported | 40.0% | — | — | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around VMRK| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26.9B USD | 77 | 78 | |
| 2 | 54.4B USD | 48 | 57 | |
| 3 | 4.28T JPY (≈$29.1B) | 46 | 47 | |
| 4 | 84.3B USD | 45 | 56 | |
| 5 | 87.3B USD | 43 | 55 | |
| 10 | 62.3B USD | 31 | 49 | |
| 12 | 56.1B AUD (≈$37.0B) | 29 | 70 | |
| 13 | 34.7B USD | 22 | 45 | |
| 14 | 68.1B USD | 19 | 33 | |
| 14 | 48.0B USD | 19 | 44 | |
| 16 | 44.6B USD | 17 | 39 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score